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“No administrative procedures have been started, no permits were required, because according to the Assemblies Law, up to 15 people can join,” Julia Samorokovskaja, representative of the Vilnius County Police Chief Commissariat, told BNS.
“They keep their distance, they are in more than one pile, there are no detainees, there were two official warnings by the police about traffic violations. Officials are on duty, urging them not to meet and to keep a safe distance, “he said.
On Tuesday, a total of between 300 and 400 people gathered in groups near the Seimas.
Previously, people would stand in the Seimas parking lot, but in the afternoon they would settle outside, in a meadow.
The toilets were equipped with biotoleos, several tents were built and several seat bags were taken.
The protesters, adorned with national paraphernalia, hold state flags and white balloons in their hands.
In the morning, through the loudspeakers, the musicians played folk music and chanted: “Cowards, cowards, seymuns, cowards.”
Participants in the campaign claim to have the same requirements as in the “Great March for the Defense of the Family” a month ago.
“This is a continuation of what we demanded during the Family Defense March. Actually, they have not complied with any of them, we will continue to do so until they do, ”said Linas Preikšaitis, one of the organizers of the campaign.
The Seimas was then asked not to consider ratifying the Istanbul Convention, not to introduce the draft Association Law, not to consider the decriminalization of possession of small amounts of drugs, to eliminate the draft Law on National Minorities from Seimas’s agenda, “to stop opening all schools immediately to contact teachers.”
Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė was also required to remove Justice Minister Evelinas Dobrovolskas, Health Minister Arūnas Dulkis, Minister of Economy and Innovation Aušrinė Armonaitė and others from the Government before June 1.
The “Great March for the Defense of the Family” took place on May 15, when some 10,000 people from various corners of the country gathered in the Vingis Park in the capital. people seeking to protest against the Istanbul Convention and other initiatives that they claim are directed against the traditional family.
